Ventura police investigate hit-and-run incident

Ventura police were looking Tuesday for an apparent hit-and-run driver who injured a pedestrian.

After responding about 1 a.m. to a report of a woman screaming in an alley east of the 100 block of Ash Street, officers learned she had been injured in a traffic incident and had gone to Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura for medical treatment, officials said.

The 40-year-old Ventura woman told officers she was walking in the alley when she heard a vehicle behind her and then was thrown to the ground, officials said. She thought the vehicle ran her over.

She had a broken jaw, broken arm and cuts and bruises consistent with being hit by a vehicle, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident should call Ventura police at 339-4416 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.